Non-consensual sterilisation of those considered genetically inferior persists in some parts of the world today ...

Three hotel workers were found dead Tuesday in northeastern Japan after conducting routine maintenance on a hot spring source ...

Japan has been grappling with continuous heavy snowfall in recent days, with Niigata Prefecture, located along the Sea of ...

While Mie may not have the name recognition abroad of its famous neighbors, Osaka and Kyoto, the prefecture boasts plenty of ...

Japanese weather officials issued a heavy snow alert for Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Friday morning.

Japan’s government adopted new decarbonization targets aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 70% from 2013 ...

A powerful cold air mass and a winter pressure pattern are bringing freezing temperatures to much of Japan and heavy snow to ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck off the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Fukushima on Friday, ...

TOKYO - A total of 256 municipalities have neither a public library nor a bookstore, the Yomiuri Shimbun has learnt. This ...

Higashiomi is located about 250 miles west of Tokyo, between Kyoto and Nagoya, and I traveled there with my wife because it's ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has decided to release government rice reserves as a measure against ...